Lochkov
Praha-Lochkov | |||
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Basic data | |||
State : | Czech Republic | ||
Region : | Hlavní město Praha | ||
Municipality : | Praha | ||
Administrative district : | Prague 16 | ||
Geographic location : | 50 ° 0 ′ N , 14 ° 21 ′ E | ||
Residents : | 725 (December 31, 2015) | ||
Postal code : | 154 00 | ||
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Status: | District ( městská část ) | ||
administration | |||
Mayor : | Jiří Rendl (as of 2017) | ||
Address: | Za Ovčínem 1 154 00 Prague |
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Website : | www.praha-lochkov.cz |
Lochkov (German Lochkow ) is a district and a cadastral municipality in the southwest of the Czech capital Prague . Lochkov was originally an independent municipality and was incorporated into Prague in 1974. Since 2001 it falls under the Prague 16 administrative district . The district borders on Slivenec in the north, Velká Chuchle in the east and Radotín in the south-west .
The first written mention of the place comes from the year 1399. The district has a rural character to this day.
Lochkov is located in a valley basin in the limestone of which numerous fossils are embedded. The geological age Lochkovium is named after the place. Lochkov's coat of arms shows three fossilized cephalopods.
Lochkovský most motorway bridge , part of the Prague Ring